Brain Builders International (BBI) and educational stakeholders in Nigeria has lamented the high rate of illiteracy and increasing rate out-of-school children in Nigeria. The stakeholders who met at a one-day event in Kwara State in commemoration of 2019 International Youth…
By MAYOWA ADENIRAN | Nigerians have adjudged the judiciary system in the country to have become weaker in the past two years. 85% of Nigerians, in reaction to a poll organised by Gavel, posited that the role of judiciary in…
The efforts towards ending the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has received a boost in Osun State as 83 prominent Traditional Rulers in the state lent their voices to the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation The traditional rulers said…
The HIV/AIDS (anti-discrimination) Act was enacted in Nigeria in the year 2014, but has since remained dormant due to non-implementation. Unfortunately, besides the psychological trauma and pains persons living with HIV go through in the country, they also face various…
“WASHCOM plays significant role in influencing the community to end open defecation and adopt safe hygiene behaviors not only among all households but also in neighboring communities,” said Bioye Ogunjobi, WASH specialist.
By MAYOWA ADENIRAN | The Osun State government has lauded the activities of the Osun Youth Agenda in the state with the Deputy Governor, Mr. Benedict Gboyega Alabi, saying the youth group is “thinking about the development of the state.”Mr…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted permission to detain the publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, for 45 days, The Punch reports. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, ruling on an ex parte application by the State…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to all member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, urging them to “urgently convene a special session on Nigeria over arbitrary arrests and…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said it would soon deployed a “Special Squad” of Anti Kidnapping Officers to the South West region in order to combat banditry, killings and incessant kidnappings. Adamu Muhammed, Inspector General of Police (IGP) made…
After several hours of uncertainties by some passengers of British Airways from London and Lagos, it has been confirmed that the airline has eventually cancelled its Lagos bound flight. The cancelation also affected its Lagos-Heathrow flight with some of the…
